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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Doulting like this: DOULTING, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; on the East Somerset railway, 2 miles E of Shepton-Mallet. It includes the hamlet of Prestleigh; and its post town is Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 3, 600. Real property, £4, 065. Pop., 667. Houses, 127. The property is much subdivided. A light brown building-stone, in the inferior oolite, is quarried, and was the material of Wells cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey. The fountain-head of the river Dulcot is here, and bears the name of St. Aldhelm's well. St. Aldhelm died in the parish in 709, and was buried in Malmesbury abbey. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacies of East Cranmore, West Cranmore, and Downhead, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £640.* Patron, Colonel Horn The church is cruciform, with octagonal tower. and spire; and was about to be restored in 1869, at a cost of about £4, 000. An ancient cross is in the churchyard; and a fine barn, which belonged to Glastonbury abbey, is near the church. There is a parochial school.

1843 Tithe Map of Doulting

Closeup version below.

1843 Tithe Map of Doulting - closeup

You can see the buildings in our driveway. The drive was a different property, indicated as plot 311, our house is shown as plot 310. This must be why there's a serious wall and door between the two plots.

In 1869 The church was rebuilt so this plan must be of that original church. very similar to the current reincarnation! The thick double wall on two sides of the church boundary are very strange! Must be there for a reason.

You can just see the footpath from the church to the school (school shown as shaded building).

Changes of plots between 1843 and now

On the right hand map the old boundaries are in blue, the current boundaries are in red. All approximate! Interesting to see the little church lawnmower shed is built on plot 311a. The boundaries have shifted around so much, maybe due to the fire of Doulting in 1852? Nick & Victoria's garage is built in the gap you can see in the old map between plot 310 and 308. I wonder if the long building on plot 311 IS Daddy's workshop, just moved stone by stone.